Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च । पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः
āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanameva ca | pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ
Lebensspanne, Karma, Reichtum, Wissen und selbst der Tod—diese fünf werden wahrlich schon gestaltet, während das verkörperte Wesen noch im Mutterleib weilt.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Scene: A symbolic scene of an unborn child in the womb with five subtle emblems hovering—hourglass (āyus), ledger (karma), coins (vitta), manuscript (vidyā), skull/torch (nidhanam)—watched over by a cosmic order motif.
FAQs
Human life unfolds within a karmic structure—key parameters of life are shaped by prior causes, urging humility and dharmic living.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides the metaphysical backdrop for tīrtha-related merit and conduct.
None explicitly; it is a doctrinal framing statement.